[Salopbaggie]

It is a difficult one, but the risk certainly nowhere near as bad as in some other sports, boxing for example. There has to be some element of rationality and it is definitely different now to in the Kings day. I can still feel the thud of heading those wet cassie's now and the trickle of blood when you caught the laces wrong. The balls today are nothing like that though, so I do think the whole thing need to be looked at objectively. With the modern type ball how many brain injuries are there caused by heading a ball verses how many balls are headed week in, week out, then draw an opinions from that. I am sure it is probably more the bodies being worried about where there's blame, there's a claim, than any potential long term effects for the players. Of course though if the evidence show a substantial risk then steps have to be taken, my only concern would be what sport next, despite all the safety measures, F1 is still statistically carries a much higher risk of serious injury, in a more similar sport so does rugby.